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Thursday, 22 May 2014

EFFORT TO SAVE ALDERGROVE FOREST

In the spirit of working together to keep natural places in urban
spaces a group of Aldergrove residents,with some help from Watchers of
Langley Forests(WOLF) are putting on some events to raise public
awareness about the Creekside Forest in Aldergrove. This urban
forest,owned by the Township of Langley, has been slated for development
by the municipality. Township Council recently voted to rezone the
property to allow a sixty-one lot subdivision. SEE THESESTORIES FOR BACKGROUND

On Saturday May 24 and Saturday May 31 10 am to 3pm
members of WOLF will be giving free guided tours of the Creekside Forest
located between Shortreed Elementary/Creekside Park and the Abbotsford
border. This forest runs along Bertrand Creek on a Township owned
property approximately between 26th and 28th Avenue. The tours will be
an opportunity for the public to see for themselves this bit of
wilderness so near to Aldergrove but so different than the urban spaces
that mostly surround it.

The tours will start at Creekside Park
(28th Ave and 274th St) just by the bridge that crosses Bertrand Creek.

Also on May 31 a family friendly event will run from
10am until 3pm at the Aldergrove Athletic Park under the covered picnic
area.There will be an information station informing residents of Langley
Township about
the proposed development into our local forest. Residents can sign a
petition in favour of stopping the development into the forest. There
will be a craft, games,and facepainting stations for kids. Harriet the
Owl will make an appearance for about an hour in the
morning. Visitors can have their picture taken with the owl for $5.
All
money raised will be donated to WOLF.

Hotdogs and beverages will be served at lunch time for free or by donation.

Should
the Township plans go through most of the forest will be cut down to
make way for houses. The streamside setbacks required by the Department
of Fisheries and Oceans will not allow this forest to survive as an
intact ecosystem. Some trees will remain but this bit of natural space
will be no longer be much of a forest.